Environmental Monitoring of Coral Bleaching and Disease in the Hawaiian Islands; Belt Transect Surveys and Disease Assessments of Coral Populations in Hawaii, Maui, and Oahu from March 8, 2010 to November 8, 2011

Description

Coral belt transect surveys, focused at quantifying the relative abundance, density, and size-class distribution of the anthozoan and hydrozoan corals, as well as the condition and health state of the coral populations were conducted around the islands of Maui, Hawaii, and Oahu by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program and the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) from March 8, 2010 to November 8, 2011. The surveys were conducted along two pre-selected transect lines. For coral observations the transect length was 12 m long and the transect width was 1 m wide (0.5 m on each side of the transect line). For coral condition and health observations, the transect length was between 12.5 and 25 m long and the transect width was 1 m, 2 m or 4 m wide (0.5 m, 1.0 m, or 2.0 m on each side of the transect line). The surveyed area was 24 m^2 per site for the coral observations, and ranged from to 25 m^2 to 200 m^2 per site for the disease observations. Within each transect 1-m segments were surveyed, whereby in each segment all coral colonies whose center fell within 0.5 m of either side of the transect line were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible (genus or species) and colony size visually estimated and binned by its maximum diameter in one of 7 size classes: 0-5 cm, 5-10 cm, 10-20 cm, 20-40 cm, 40-80 cm, 80-160 cm, or >160 cm. When a coral colony exhibited signs of disease or compromised health, additional information was separately recorded. Within each of the two transects, all diseased coral colonies whose center fell within 0.5–2 m on each side of each transect line were carefully examined, measured (length and width of the colony in centimeters, when survey time allowed), identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible, and assigned to one of several types of afflictions, including coral and algal diseases, bleaching, infections, infestations, discolorations, predation, pigmentation responses, skeletal growth anomalies, and tissue loss. Severity of the affliction (mild, moderate, marked, severe, acute) was also recorded for a subset of bleaching observations only. Photographic documentation was also captured (archived and documented separately). Raw survey data includes species presence, colony counts per taxon, colony size (binned sizes for coral observations, colony width and length for a subset of disease observations), affliction observed, and severity of condition (for observations of bleached corals only).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25285
0 A list of codes and descriptions for the diseases/afflictions observed during belt transect surveys of corals around Maui, Hawaii and Oahu in 2010 and 2011. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0168912
0 Adult coral colony bleaching and disease observations from coral demographic surveys of sites at across Hawaii, Maui, and Oahu from 2010 to 2011 conducted by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0168912
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
0 NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center website https://origin-apps-pifsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/cred/corals.php
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/25285.pdf
0 Adult coral colony observations from coral demographic surveys of sites at across Hawaii, Maui, and Oahu from 2010 to 2011 conducted by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0168912

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  • hawaiian islands (21n157w0027)
  • crep
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc
  • united states of america
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • aquatic habitat
  • marine ecosystem
  • corals
  • north pacific ocean
  • coral reef ecosystem division
  • oahu (21n157w0003)
  • coral - colony size
  • pifsc
  • in situ biological
  • maui
  • biosphere
  • coral - species identification
  • survey - coral reef
  • survey
  • oceans
  • maui island (20n156w0004)
  • tumors and skeletal anomalies
  • algae
  • mhi
  • coral reef conservation program
  • maui island
  • survey - biological
  • noaa
  • numeric data sets
  • coral - census
  • white-band disease
  • hawaii
  • nmfs
  • environmental monitoring of coral disease and bleaching in the hawaiian islands
  • oahu island
  • biology
  • us doc
  • coralline algae diseases
  • hawaii island (19n155w0003)
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • coral biodiversity
  • national marine fisheries service
  • coralline algae
  • vegetation
  • hawaiian islands
  • crcp
  • coral diseases
  • marine biology
  • coral communities
  • cred
  • honolulu
  • bleaching
  • benthos analysis
  • survey - swimmer/diver
  • central pacific ocean
  • transect monitoring
  • reef habitat
  • hawaii disease project
  • coral reef ecology
  • ocean basin
  • main hawaiian islands
  • ecosystem sciences division
  • coral
  • coastal processes
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • coral condition
  • pacific ocean
  • rapid assessment studies
  • 20315
  • country/territory
  • belt transect
  • hawaii island
  • coral reef studies
  • coral reef ecosystem program

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